Why is the Sarajevo Haggadah different from all others?
The Economist April 16, 2020 GO TO THE ARTICLE Why, Jewish children asked at the Passover meal last week, is this night different from all others? The question is stipulated […]
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Longform: Searching for Walter
BY AMY YEE March 17, 2020 Massachusetts Review http://massreview.org/sites/default/files/10_61.1Yee.pdf A 61-year-old man from Harbin, China, a retired truck driver who spoke zero English, was solo backpacking in the Balkans. Why? […]
The Hot New Musical Trend In Zanzibar Is From The ’80s — The 1880s
NPR Students at the Dhow Countries Music Academy, dedicated to preserving the music known as “taarab,” play on a balcony overlooking Zanzibar’s port. Amy Yee for NPR Amy Yee September […]
How W.E.B. Du Bois Found His Final Resting Place in Ghana
The Daily Beast March 6, 2017 The civil rights pioneer and author found his final home—and his burial site—in Ghana, the first African country to win independence from colonial rule. […]
Delhi’s Current Flows On
Electric Literature October 7, 2016 A walk in India’s capital with Akhil Sharma, winner of the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award Author Akhil Sharma visiting ruins in Delhi, spring 2012. Credit: […]
Stephen Park On Playing A Code-Switching Character In Steinbeck’s ‘East Of Eden’
NPR November 3, 2015 East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel, is on stage at Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theater through November 15. I remember reading the book as a teenager […]
In Bangladesh, a Vibrant Contemporary Scene
International New York Times March 14, 2014 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Political turmoil and violent nationwide strikes regularly disrupted life in Bangladesh last year. But on a hot night in Dhaka, […]
A Jewelry Maker Who Goes Far Beyond Metal
International Herald Tribune December 7, 2012 CHICAGO — In 1967, while she was a student at the University of Iowa, Kiff Slemmons and her boyfriend, now her husband, drove to […]
Heaven, closer to earth
Economist, Prospero October 12, 2012 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT is best known as a revolutionary American architect. A hallmark of his work is sensitivity to the natural environment—Fallingwater, the house he […]
Class act
Economist, Prospero October 10, 2012 “YOU are wrong if you think everyone has a choice,” says one character in “Good People”, a new play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Set in the […]
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